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Sat Oct 3, 2020, 07:32 PM Oct 2020

Lindsey Graham photographed with leader of white nationalist group Proud Boys

The South Carolina senator recently called Proud Boys a ‘racist organization,’ however, photo shows him smiling with a known leader of the white nationalist group.

Just days after President Donald Trump appeared to support the white supremacist group, Proud Boys, during Tuesday night’s presidential debate a photograph has recently surfaced showing Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) with a member and organizer of the organization. The photo shows Graham smiling for a photo-op with Joe Biggs, a known member and organizer of Proud Boys, which has been classified as a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center.

In the photo, Graham and Biggs appear to be sitting in a restaurant, as there are waiters standing behind them. Biggs is a visible organizer and leader of Proud Boys based in Florida. He’s repeatedly been photographed front and center at demonstrations.

‘theGrio’ news website reached out to Sen. Graham’s press office about the photo, however, a request for comment on if or how Graham knows Biggs personally was not responded to.

https://thegrio.com/2020/10/02/lindsey-graham-photo-proud-boys-joe-biggs/

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Lindsey Graham photographed with leader of white nationalist group Proud Boys (Original Post) left-of-center2012 Oct 2020 OP
Message auto-removed Name removed Oct 2020 #1
And he can go down with them. Grokenstein Oct 2020 #2
Awww.... Newest Reality Oct 2020 #3
seriously...you beat me to it.... dhill926 Oct 2020 #4
Is it Pride Week again already? CaptYossarian Oct 2020 #5

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